Clinical application of perfusion computed tomography in neurosurgery.

Conclusions Perfusion CT provides quantitative and qualitative data that can add diagnostic and prognostic value in a number of neurosurgical disorders, and also help with clinical decision making. With emerging new technical developments in PCT, such as characterization of blood-brain barrier permeability and whole-brain PCT, this technique is expected to provide more and more insight into the pathophysiology of many neurosurgical conditions.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - November 22, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Huang AP, Tsai JC, Kuo LT, Lee CW, Lai HS, Tsai LK, Huang SJ, Chen CM, Chen YS, Chuang HY, Wintermark M Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research